by Peter James | May 17, 2025 | Julia Foote
Julia Foote (1823-1901) struggled with self-doubt. Don’t we all! She was born a free woman, the daughter of former slaves, yet racial prejudice prevented her from attending public school in New York. She described her conversion at age fifteen in her...
by Peter James | May 16, 2025 | Martin Luther
“Kindness has become a forgotten virtue,” Barry Corey wrote in his book Love Kindness. I concur! The cause of Christ will suffer if we don’t practice kindness going forward in culture war debates. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) asked in his Treatise...
by Peter James | May 15, 2025 | George Mueller
George Muller (1805-1898) prayed about everything. He claimed to be a regular guy who believed with all his heart that God truly answers prayer. George and his wife Sarah opened their home to orphans living in the streets of Bristol, England. They opened five...
by Peter James | May 14, 2025 | Andrew Murray
My initial thought in writing about Andrew Murray (1827-1917) was to acknowledge that I do not belong in his same league. He was a spiritual giant. Yet when I read the story of Andrew’s marital engagement, I relax. This is more like it, someone with whom I can...
by Peter James | May 13, 2025 | Lloyd Ogilvie
His ambition in high school was to become a Hollywood actor. Instead, he went to Hollywood as a preacher. Lloyd John Ogilvie (1930-2019) told a story about waking early one Sunday morning, feeling the urge to review his sermon one last time. He stopped by a local...
